Pakistan Denies Voting Rights to Religious Community

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Pakistani security personnel at a roadblock outside an Ahmadiyya place of worship in Rabwah, Punjab province, Pakistan, September 15, 2023. © 2023 Arif Ali/AFP via Getty Images As Pakistan prepares for nationwide parliamentary elections in February 2024, one religious group remains largely disenfranchised. Discriminatory provisions in Pakistan’s electoral law effectively exclude members of the Ahmadiyyah community because of their religious beliefs. To register as voters, Ahmadis must either renounce their faith or agree to be placed in a separate electoral list that…

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